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rslEBFRASKA ©OOI 

(Organized April 26, 1890.) 



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OFFICERS. 

President CHARLES S. LOBINGIER, Omaha. 

Senior Vice-President RICHARD M. ALLEN, Ames. 

Junior Vice-President .lOHN W. B ATT IN, Omaha. 

Secretary VICTOR D. REYNOLDS, Omaha. 

Treasurer PAUL W. KUHNS, Omaha. 

REGisTUAii THOM AS G. DOYLE, Omaha. 

Historian CARROLL G. PEAR8E, Omaha. 



BOARD OF MANAGERS. 

{hi addition to the above.) 

ROLLIN S. RISING Ainsworth. 

AMOS FIELD Omaha. 

ROSCOE POUND Lincoln. 

CHARLES S. HUNTINGTON Omaha. 

P. EMERSON TAYLOR Lyons. 

E. T. FARNSVYORTH Omaha. 



FORMER PRESIDENTS. 



*CHAMPION S. CHASE 1890-1 

THOMAS A. CREIGH 1891-2 

*WILLIAM W. COPELAND 1892-3 

PETER L. PERINE 1893-4 

*AURELIUS BO WEN 1894-5 



LUCIUS D. RICHARDS.. 1897-8 

JOHN R. WEBSTER 1898-9 

FRED W. VAUGHAN.1899-1900 
HORACE LUDINGTON.. 1900-1 
.lOHN H. DANIELS 1901-2 



Rev. LUTHER M. KUHNS. .1895-6 L. P. FUNKHOUSER. 



1902-3 



* Deceased. 



D. of gt» 
30J« 04 



COURSE FOR. 1903-4. 



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T» \he Library of Congress, 
from li.c '''\:-<pt. or Stato 



^/?e History of tKe 
Lo\iisiana Purchase 




A Stvidy of Our Fatherland 
Under Three Flags. 



V 



CHARLES SUMNER LOBINGIER, 

EDITOR OF YEAR BOOK. 



AUXILIARY 
COMMITTEE: 



f *PsrUcipants-]OHN WILSON BATTEN. 
( Omaha, AMOS FIELD. 
c4rrAngements \ Lincoln, IRVING S. CUTTER. 
( Fremont, FRED. W. VAUGHAN. 



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LOUISIANA. 

By Compatriot Henry S. Jaynes. 

Long o'er a map Napoleon, brooding, bent, 

And Louisiana scanned with troubled glance; 
That Province, late restored by Spain to France, 

Surpassed Rome's greatest conquest, in extent; 
There might his wild ambition find its vent. 

There rear an Empire — in a vast expanse— 
An Empire that, resistless, should advance 

And bring beneath its sway the Continent. 
His thoughts then turned unto our proffered gold, 

Which, if accepted, would his wars prolong; 
The Province was remote, near it were Britons bold 

That o'er its northern border scon might throng. 
He seized a pen, and Louisiana soldi 

What France then lost made us a Nation strong. 



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Nebraska Society of the Sons 



FOREWORD. 



In this one hundredth year of the existence of ihe Louisi- 
ana Purchase as a part of the American domain, the Society 
is at last able to announce the enrollment of its one hundredth 
member, and this gratifying result furnishes the reason for 
deferring until now the issue of the Year Book. Another 
cause for felicitation is the appearance on our program 
of the names of two eminent non-members — President 
Dowling, who has given us the benefit of his learning on the 
early French explorers, and Capt. Chittenden, a distinguished 
writer and authority on certain phases of western history. 

It is indeed most fitting that this Nebrasl^a Society should 
observe the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase, and should 
make the history of that region the subject of its current year's 
work. We of the middle west must trace our territorial chain of 
title, not from England (for this region was never subject to that 
power) but from France. And it is the story of Louisiana, with its 
shifting changes of government and laws, rather than that of 
the eastern states, that forms the real prologue to our territor- 
ial as distinguished from racial history, and which furnishes 
the foundation for that exhaustive study of our own state's 
development, which we hope, another year, to enter upon. 

It is for this reason that the authorities relating to the 
history of Louisiana have been collected for this work with 
more than the usual care. These are intended, it may be well 
to repeat, not alone for those who write papers, but for all the 
members, to use and study. Nothing would add more to the 
interest and value of our meetings than a general effort on the 
part of our members to post themselves in advance on the sub- 
jects to be discussed in the papers. 

It is to be regretted that there is no one book which treats 
at once briefly and adequately the entire history of Louisiana. 
Mr. Hosmer's recent work is recommended for the period of 
the purchase, and that of Marbois for the earlier epochs. But 
the concise and comprehensive treatise that shall cover the 
ground from the time of the Spanish and French explorers to 
the present hour is yet to be written. This Year Book is an 
attempt to supply the want by making accessible the books 
which treat the subject in parcels. 

Oinaka, Neb., November, 190S. 



OF THE American Revolution, 



CKronology of Louisiana. 



SPANISH EXPLORATION. 

1541. De Soto's discovery of the Mississippi. 

1542. Coronado's expedition. 
1662. Penalosa's expedition. 

FRENCH EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT. 

1673. Voyage of Marquette and Joliet, 

1682. LaSalle's expedition. 

1699. Settlement at Biloxi. 

1718. New Orleans founded. 

1719. Dutisne's expedition to the Kansas River. 
1763. St, Louis founded. 

SPANISH DOMINION. 

1763. Cession of Louisiana to Spain. 

1768. Arrival of Governor Ulloa; French insurrection. 

1769. O'Reilly governor; trial and execution of insurgents. 

1787-97. Intrigues of Gen.Wilkinson and others with Spanish governors. 
1795 (Oct. 27). Spanish-American treaty; the Mississippi declared open 

to free navigation. 
1800 (Oct. 1). Treaty of St. Ildefonso; retrocession to France. 
1802. Spanish intendant closes New Orleans as a port of deposit for 

Americans. 

AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY. 

1803. Cession of Louisiana to United States. 

Jan. 13, Monroe appointed minister extraordinary to France. 

March 8, Monroe sails for France. 

April 10, Marbois states terms of sale to Livingston. 

April 30, Official date of signing treaty at Paris. 

Oct. 18, Ratification by U. S. Senate. 

Nov. 30, Formal re-transfer by Spain to France. 

Dec. 20, Transfer to United States at New Orleans. 

1804. Division into Territory of Orleans and District of Louisiana. 

1805. District becomes Territory of Louisiana. 



8 Nebraska Society of the Sons 

Era of Exploration and Fur Trading in Upper Louisiana. 

1804-6. Expedition of Lewis & Clarke. 

1806-7. Pike's explorations. 

1808. Missouri Fur Company (Lisa & Choteau's) or^'iiuized at St. Louis- 
American Fur Company (Astor's) chartored in Xew York. 

1811. Hunt's expedition to ''Astoria." 

1812 (April 30). Territory of Orleans admitted as State of Louisiana: 
Territory of Louisiana becomes Missouri Territory. 

1819. Voyage of "Western Engineer." first steamboat on the upper 
Missouri. 

Arkansas Territory formed. 

1820. Long's expedition to Rocky Mountains. 

1821. Missouri admitted into the Union. 

1822. Beginnings of Rockj' Mountain Fur Company (^Ashley's). 

1830. Indian Territory formed. 

1831. American Fur Company enters Rocky Mountain region. 

1834. Missouri Territory divided. 

1835. Parker & Whitman's journey across the plains. 

1836. Arkansas admitted into the Union. 
Wisconsin Territory formed. 

1838. Iowa Territory formed. 

Father DeSmet at Pottawatamie Agency (Council Bluffs). 

1842. Fremont's expedition. 

Era of Settlement and State- Making. 

1843. Founding of Ft. Bridger, first post for accommodation of immi- 
grants. 

1845. Iowa admitted into the Union. 

1846. Beginning of Mormon migration across the plains. 
1849. Minnesota Territory formed. 

1854. Kansas-Nebraska bill passed: remnant of Missouri Territory 
divided. 

1858. Minnesota admitted into the Union. 

1859. Territory of Jefferson (afterward Colorado) formed. 
1861. Kansas admitted into the Union. 

Dakota Territory formed. 
1864. Montana Territory formed. 

1867. Nebraska admitted into the Union. 

1868. Wyoming Territory formed. 
1876. Colorado admitted into the Union. 

1889. Montana and the Dakotas admitted into the Union. 
Oklahoma Territory formed. 

1890. Wyoming admitted into the Union. 

? Oklahoma admitted into the Union; stale-making in the TiOui>i- 
ana Purchase completed. 



OF THE American Revolution, ?) 

I. 

Under the Lillies of France. 

^^^ ^^W ^^ f^^ 

September 17^ at Omaha, Anniversary of Signing" the 
Constitution. 



EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY. 



*'From the farthest realms of morning 
Came the Black-Robe Chief, the Prophet, 
He the Priest of Prayer, the Pale-face, 
With his guides and his companions." 

— From Hiawaihcu 



Address — Marquette mid Joliet and the Opening of 
Louisia7ta. 

President M. P. Dowling, S. J., of Creighton University. 

References: Marquette's Journal, 59 Jesuit Relations, 86, d seq. 

Dablon's Relation, 5 Historical Magazine, 237. 

Shea, Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley 
(1852 H. 4270*). 

Thwaites, Marquette (1902). 

Michigan Historical Collections, Vol. 6, p. 352; Vol. 8, p. 
368; Vol. 21, p. 447. 

Weld, Joliet and Marquette in Iowa, Iowa Journal of His- 
tory and Politics, January, 1903. 

La Salle. 

References: Parkman, Discovery of the Great West (1870. H. 427). 
Hamilton, Colonial Mobile (1398, H. 3035), Ch. V. 

^Sfielf number in Omaha Public Library, 



W Nebraska Society of the So:srs 

II. 
UNDER THE LILLIES OF FRANCE-Continued. 

ffi^ f^i a^w (pW 

October 18, at Omaha, Anniversary of Ratification of 
Louisiana Purchase Treaty. 



FRENCH COLONIZATION, 



"Beautiful is the land with its prairies and forests of fruit trees; 
Under the feet a garden of flowers, and the bluest of heavens 
Bending above, aud resting its dome on the walls of the forest. 
They who dwell there have named it the Eden of Louisiana."' 

— From Evangeline, 

Settlemeyits i7i the Far South. 

References: Gayarre, History of Louisiana (1879, H. 3104), Vol. I, Lec- 
ture IL 
Wallace, Illinois and Louisiana Under French Rule (1893, 

H. 3468), Ch.XL 
Hamilton, Colonial Mobile (1898, H. 3035), Chs. Y, VL 
King, New Orleans (1895, H. 3108), Chs. II, III. 

The Foundi7ig- and Growth of St. Louis. 

References: Billon, Annals of St. Louis (1886, H. 2695). 
Scharf, History of St. Louis (1883). 

Chittenden, The American Fur Trade in the Far West (1903, 
H. 4290), Part II, Ch. III. 



OF THE American Revolution, 11 

III. 

Ui\der the Fla^g of Spak^in. 

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JSTovember 30, at residence of Draper Smith, 624 Park 

Ave., Omaha, Centennial Anniversary of 

Retransfer from Spain to Prance, 



*'Hast thou forgotten those days illumined with glory and honor, 
When the far isles of the sea thrilled to the tread of Castile? 

When every land under heaven was flecked by the shade of thy banner, 
When every beam of the sun flashed on thy conquering steel ?'^ 

— John Hay, 

Paper — The French Insurrectio^i, 
Compatriot T. V. Moore. 

References: Gayarre, History of Louisiana (2nd Ed., 1879), Vol. II, Lec- 
tures III to YI. 
King, New Orleans (1895, H, 3108), Chs. VI, VIL 



Paper — The Plot to Dismember the Union. 
Miss Katherine Foos. 



References: Green, The Spanish Conspiracy (1891, H. 3240). 

Clark, Proofs of the Corruption of Gen. James Wilkinson 

(Byron Reed Coll., 1809 A). 
Gayarre, History of Louisiana (2nd Ed., 1879), Vol. III. 
Gilmore, The Advance Guard of Western Civilization (1888 

H. 3178), Chs. 11, 14. 
Spears & Clark, History of the Mississippi Valley (1903), pp. 

360 et seq. 
Collins, History of Kentucky (1871, H. 3235), pp. 825 et scq. 



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IV. 

Under the Stars ^ Stripes* 

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December 19, at Omaha, Centennial Banquet Com 

memorating- the Transfer of Sovereignty, 

December 20, 1803- 



"I have sriven England a rival who, sooner or later, will humble her 
pride." — Napoleon. 

SYIViPOSIU3V9: 

What We Owe Napoleon and Why, 

References: Marbois, History of Louisiana (1830), pp. 260-276. 

Roosevelt, Winning of the West (1896, H. 4278), Vol. W, 

pp. 268 et seq. 
Adams, History of the United States (1889, H. 648), Vol. IL 

Chs. I-HI. 
Thiers, History of the Consulate and the Empire (1893, I. 

1820), Vol. n, pp. 498 et seq. 
Hosmer, History of the Louisiana Purchase (1902, H. 4206), 

Chs. V, VI. 

Jefferso7i As An Expansionist, 

References: Adams, History of the United States (1889, H. 648), Vol. 

IV, Ch. IV. 
Hosmer, History of the Louisiana Purchase (1902), Chs. 

IV, IX. 
Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Ford's Ed., New York, 1897» 

D, 2228), Vol. VIII, pp. 190, 209, 228, 261, 286. 
Roosevelt, Winning of the West (1896, H. 4278), Vol. IV, 

pp. 270 et &eq. 
Message to Congress, Annals of 8th Congress, 1st Session. 

pp. 11-15 (Accession No. 5501). 
Marbois, History of Louisiana (1830), part second. 
McMaster, History of the People of the United Stales (1892 

H. 695), Vol. Ill, pp. 1 et seq. 



OP THE American Revolution. 13 

UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES-Continued. 



Our E?ivoys, mid How They Did It. 
References: Hosmer, History of the Louisiana Purchase (1902), Chs. 

vn, VIII. 

Herman, The Louisiana Purchase (1898, H. 4296), pp. 30 

et seq. 
Marbois, History of Louisiana (1830), pp. 277 et seq. 
McMaster, History of the People of the United States (1892 

H. 695), Vol. II., pp. 625 et seq. 

Anti' Expansionists of i8oj. 

References: Hosmer, History of the Louisiana Purchase (1902), Ch. IX. 
Annals of Congress, 8th Congress, 1st Session (Accession 

No. 5501), pp. 31 et seq. 
Hart, A Spanish Opponent of the Louisiana Purchase, 42 

Centurj Mag., 947. 
McMaster, History of the People of the United States (1892 

H. 695), Vol. Ill, pp. 3 et seq. 
Roosevelt, Winning of the West (1896, H. 4278), Vol. IV, pp. 

282 etseq. 
Adams, History of the United States (1889 H. 648), Vol. IV, 

Ch. IV. 

Otir First Fre7tch Citizens, and How they Received Us. 

References: Gayarre, History of Louisiana (1879, H.3104), Vol. IV, Ch.I. 
Marbois, History of Louisiana (1830), pp. 326 et seq. 
McMaster, History of the People of the United States (1892 

H. 695), Vol. Ill, pp. 26 et seq. 
Hosmer, History of the Louisiana Purchase (1902), Ch. X. 
King, New Orleans (1895, H. 3108), Ch. IX. 

What We Got for Our Money, 

Rer. renoes: Donaldson, The Public Domain (1884, T. 1863), pp. 89-105. 
Herman, The Louisiana Purchase (1898, H. 4296), pp. 32 

et seq. 
Mo wry, Marcus Whitman (1901, H. 4084), pp. 26 et seq. 



14 Nebraska Society op the Sons 

V. 

The Patthfinders. 

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JANUARY, 1904, AT LINCOLN. 



•'To the South and West and North 

She called Path-Finder forth, 

Her faithful and sole companion 

Where the flushed Sierra, snow-starred, 

Her way to the sunset barred, 

And the nameless rivers in thunder and foam 

Channelled the terrible canyon!" 

— Bayard Taylor. 



Paper — The Expedition of Lewis and Clarke, 

Mrs. a. J. Sawyer, D. A. R. 

References: History of the Expedition (Coues' Ed., 1903; Hosmer's Ed. 
1902, L. 4793; Allen's Ed., 1842, L. 4703; Allen's Ed. 
1814, L. 4796). 

Paper — Zebiilo7i M. Pike, aiid His Explorations, 

Compatriot R. S. Rising. 

References: The Expeditions of General Pike (Coues' Ed., 1885, L. 
4794; Original Ed., 1808, L. 4295). 
Whiting, Life of Pike (18G4, G. 45). 

Paper — Stephen H. Long; and His Journey Across 

the Plains, 

Compatriot H. M. Bushnell. 

References: James, Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Moun- 
tains (1823, L. 4803). 
Chittenden. The American Fur Trade of the Far West 
(19U2, H. 4290), Vol. II, pp. 5(j2 et seq. 



OF THE American Revolution. 15 

VI. 

IShe F\ir Tracders. 

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FEBRUARY, 1904, AT OMAHA. 



''They were the 'pathfinders' of the West, and not those later 
official explorers whom posterit}' so recognizes." — Chittenden. 



Address — The Fur Trade and Its Importance in the 
Development of the Louisiana Purchase, 

Capt. Hiram M. Chittenden, U. S. A. 

References: Chittenden, The American Fur Trade of the Par West 
(1902, H. 4290). 
Larpenteur's Journals (Cones' Ed.). 



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VII. 

Commonwealth Building. 

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March 17, 1904, at residence of Mrs. H. J. Lee, 348 

East 6th Street, Fremont, Anniversary of 

Evacuation of Boston, 1776. 



"Rough are the steps, hewn slow in flintiest rock, 
States climb to power by." 



Map Changes in the Louisiana Purchase. 

Compatriot Carl E. Herring. 

References: U. S. Statutes at Large. 

Shambaugh, Documentary Material Relating to the History 

of Iowa (1897). 
Carr, Missouri (1888, H. 3670), Chs. V, VI. 
McMaster, History of the People of the United States (1893 
H. 695), pp. 22 et se^. 

The States of the Louisiana Purchase, 

References: Howard, History of the Louisiana Purchase (1902), Ch. XI. 
Hosmer, Short History of the Mississippi Valley (1901, H. 

4218), Ch. X. 
Adams, History of the United States (18S9, H. 648), VoL 
IV, Ch. VI. 



OP THE AmEIUCAN REVOLUTION. 

Vlil. 

Ai\i\\isl1 Meeting 

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AT OMAHA, APRIL 30, 1904. 



Historian's Address — Rcsiilts of the Louisiana Pi^r- 

chase. 

Compatriot O. G. Peaiise. 

The events of 1803 are ''worthy to rank with the Declaration of 
Independence and the formation of the Constitution." 

References: Marbois, History of Louisiana (1830), pp. 360 ef scg. 

Turner, Significance of the Louisiana Purchase, S7 Rev. of 
Rev., 578. 

Reports of Other Officers and Committees. 

Election and Installation of Officers. 



OF" THE American REvoLUTroN. 19 



CONSTITUTION 

AS AMENDED SEPTEMSER 17. 1903. 



ARTICLE I.— Name. 



The name of this Society shall be the Nebraska Society of iho Sons 
of the American Revolution. 

ARTICLE I L— Objects. 

The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate ihe memory of the 
men who, by their services or sacrifices during the v,ar of the American 
Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people; to unit(^ 
and promote fellowship among their descendants; to inspire them and 
the community at large with a more profound reverence for the prin- 
ciples of the government founded b}' our forefathers; to encourage his- 
torical research in relation to the American Revolution; to acquire and 
preserve the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, 
as well as documents and relics; to celebrate the anniversaries of the 
prominent events of the war; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and 
extend the institutions of American freedom; and to carry out the pur- 
poses expressed in the Preamble to the Constitution of our Country and 
the injunctions of Washington in his farewell address to the American 
people. 

ARTICLE III.— Memuership. 

Any man shall be eligible to membership in this Society, who, being 
of the age of twenty-one years or over, and a citizen of good repute in 
the community, is the lineal descendant of an ancestor, who was at all 
times unfailing in his loyalty to and rendered actual service in the 
cause of American Independence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, 
marine, militiaman or minute man, in the armed forces of ihn Contin- 
ental Congress or of any one of the several Ccjlonies or States; or as a 
signer of the Declaration of Independence; or as a member of a Com- 
mittee of Safety or Correspondence; or as a member of any Continental, 
Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature; or as a civil ofHcer, 
either of one of the Colonies or States or of the National Government; or 
as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of 
resistance to the authority of Great Britain. 



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ARTICLE IV.— Officers. 

The officers of the Society shall be a President, a Senior Vice-Presi- 
dent, a Junior Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Registrar, a 
Historian, and a Board of Manacrers, consisting of the above mentioned 
officers and six other members, who shall be elected upon ballot by a 
majority of the members present at the annual meeting of the Society, 
and who shall hold office for one year, and until their successors shall 
be elected. Nominations for office shall be by informal ballot. 

ARTICLE v.— Meetings. 

The annual meeting of the Society shall be held at Omaha on April 
30 of each year; but when that date falls on Sunday, the meeting shall 
be held either on the day preceding or the day following, as the Board 
of Managers may determine. 

Special meetings may be called by the President or Board of Man- 
agers at any time and place for the purpose of celebrating historical 
events, and for other patriotic purposes, and for the transaction of nec- 
essary business. 

ARTICLE VI.— Amendments. 

This Constitution may be amended or repealed, provided written 
resolutions to that effect are first presented to, and approved by, a ma- 
jority of the Board of Managers present at any meeting of said Board; 
and provided, said amendments are subsequently approved by two-thirds 
of the members present at any meeting of the Society; and provided 
further, that whenever this Constitution is to be amended, repealed or 
in any way changed, notice thereof, specifying said changes in full, 
shall be sent to each member of the Society at least thirty days before 
such action is to be taken. 



OF THE American Revolution. 21 



BY-LAWS 

AS AMENDED AND ADOPTED MARCH 21. 18S6. 



1. Applications for membership shall be made in Form of cAp- 
duplicate, upon blank forms prescribed by the National plicedions. -^ 
Society, and shall in each case set forth the name, occu- 
pation and residence of the applicant, line of descent, and the name, 
residence and services of his ancestor or ancestors in the Revolution, 
from whom he derives eligibility, and such other particulars as the 
National Society may require. The applicant shall make oath that the 
statements of his application are true, to the best of his knowledge and 
belief. 

2. The admission fee shall be Five Dollars, which cAdmission S 
amount must either accompany the application for Fee. -^ ^ -^ 
membership or be paid before the applicant can be voted 

upon. If the application be rejected, the fee shall be returned to the 
applicant. 

3. The annual dues shall be Two Dollars, payable c4nnu3.l Dues, 
in advance on the twenty-second day of February in each 

year. The admission fee shall be considered as payment of dues until 
the next annual meeting following the date of a candidate's admis- 
sion. 

4. The payment at one time of Fifty Dollars by or Life Member- 
for a member in good standing shall constitute a life ship, ^ <^ ^ 
member, exempt from the payment of annual dues 
thereafter. 

5. Sons of Revolutionary soldiers who are regularly "Sons" cAd- 
accepted by the Board of Management, will be admitted mitted Free,-^ 
to full membership without payment of the admission 

fee, and shall be exempt from payment of annual dues. 

6. If at anytime any of the essential statements False Tdpers, 
given in a member's application papers are found to be 

untrue, then shall the said member's election be declared null and 
void. 

7. A certificate of membership issued by the Na- Certificates,,!^ 
tional Society shall be furnished to each newly admitted 

member. 

8. Whenever a member in good standing in this Remits, -^ ^ 
Society changes his residence to the jurisdiction of an- 
other State Society, he shall be entitled, if he so elects, to a certificate 



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of honorable demission, in order that he may be transferred to the other 
said Society; provided that no such Cf-rtificate shall be given unless all 
dues and fees arc paid, and said membership in this Society shall not 
cease until membership in the other Society be established. 

9. A member in good standing of another State 
AffilicLtion.i^ Societj' shall, upon satisfactory proof thereof or upon 

the presentation of letters demissory therefrom, be elig- 
ible to membership by affiliation in this Society. There shall be no fee 
for afiiliation. 

10. Any member failing to pay his annual dues for 
ch(pn-pa.ymeni two consecutive years shall forfeit his membership upon 
of '^aes.S ^ vote to that effect by the Board of Managers. A mem- 
ber so dropped may be re-instated by the Board of Man- 
agers upon payment of all arrears and all annual dues since the date of 
his loss of membership, provided there are no charges unbecoming a 
gentleman recorded against him remaining undetermined or determined 
finally against him. 

11. If for any reason a member demits, resigns, or is dropped from 
the rolls of this Society, the number of his insignia shall be cancelled, 
and his name shall no longer appear in the year book of the Society as 
a member. 

13. It shall be the duty of every member to inform 
P.O. Address, the Secretary, by written communication, of his place 
of residence, and of any change thereof, and of his post 
office address. 

Service of any notice under the Constitution, or 

B^tice to ^ under these By-Laws, upon any member of the Society, 

cMembers, t^ addre&sed to him at the last recorded place of residence 

or post office address, and forwarded by mail, shall be 

deemed sufficient service of such notice. 

13. The President, or in his absence a Vice-Presi- 
^resident. ^ dent, or in his absence a Chairman pro tempore, shall 

preside at all meetings of the Society and Board of Man- 
au'ers, and shall have a casting vote. lie shall exercise the usual func- 
tions of a presiding officer, and shall enforce a strict observance of the 
Constitution, By-Laws, regulations and rules of the Society and Board 
of Managers. 

14. The Secretary shall conduct the general corres- 
Secreta.ry. ^ pondence of the Society, and shall have charge of the 

seal, certificate of incorporation, By-Laws and records 
of meetings of the Societ}-. lie, together with the presiding officer, shall 
certify all acts of the Society. He shall, under the direction of the Pres- 
ident or Vice-President, give due notice of the time and place tif all 
meetings of the Society, and attend the same. He shall keep fair and 
accurate records of all the proceedings and orders of the Society. He 
shall collect all moneys due the Society, giving proper receipts for the 



OF THE American Revoi.utiox. "3 

same, and shall promptly pay them over to iho Treasurer, taking his 
receipt therefor. He shall keep a letter book of copies of all olTicial let- 
ters; a ledger to contain the accounts of the Society with its members; 
a cash book, and a receipt book, in which to take the Treasurer's re- 
ceipts. He shall give notice to the several officers and members of all 
votes, orders, resolves and proceedings of the Society, affecting them or 
pertaining to their respective duties, and he shall forward to the ollicers 
of the National Society such reports and information as may be required 
by them. He shall keep a correct list of the names and addresses of all 
members in good standing. He shall report to the Society at the annual 
meeting. 

In like manner he shall act as Secretary of the Board of Managers, 
reporting to them whenever called upon. 

He shall give such bond as the Board of Managers may require', and 
on the election of his successor he shall turn over to him, within ten 
days, all books, papers and property of the Society in his possession. 

15. The Treasurer shall receive from the Secretary 

the funds and securities of the Society. They shall be Treasurer. -Ji 
deposited in some bank or savings institute in this State 
to the credit of the Nebraska Society of the Sons of the American Rev- 
olution, and shall be drawn thence for the purposes of the Society only, 
by checks signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary 
and Treasurer. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and dis- 
bursements, and at each annual meeting shall render the same to the 
Society. He shall report when required to the Board of Managers, and 
shall give such bond as they may require. 

His books shall at all times be open to the inspection to the Presi- 
dent, Board of Managers, and Auditing Committee. 

16. The Registrar shall receive all applications for ^gistrar. ^ 
membership and proofs of eligibility, and shall assist in 

perfecting and completing the same. When the applications are sutis- 
isfactory to him he shall note his approval thereon and refer them to 
the Board of Managers for final action. If the applicant is accepted, 
the Registrar shall forward one copy to Registrar General of the National 
Society, and file the original with the accompanying proofs in his own 
office. He shall keep copies of such similar documents as the owm-rs 
thereof may not be willing to leave permanently in the keeping of the 
Society. He shall have the custody of all the historical, gergraphical 
and genealogical papers, books, manuscripts, and relics of which th^ 
Society may become possessed, and shall keep an oflicial record of same. 
He shall issue certificates of membership and insignia to members en- 
titled thereto. He shall keep a register of the names and dates of 
admission, transfer, resignation and death of members, and shall per- 
form such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Society or the 
Board of Managers. 



54 Nebkaska Society of the Sons 

HtsiorUn. ^ 17. The Historian shall keep a record of all historical 

and commemorative celebrations of the Society, and 
prepare and edit the same for publication under direction of the Board 
of Managers. Ho shall submit at each annual meeting a list of the 
members who may have died during the year, accompanied by biograph- 
ical memoirs, and once a year at such time as may be determined upon 
he shall deliver a historical address. 

18. The Board of Managers shall recommend plans 
The *^G3.rd of for promoting the objects of the Society, and shall 
cMa.na.gers. J^ authorize the disbursement and expenditure of unappro- 
priated money in the treasury for the payment of cur- 
rent expenses of the Society, In general they shall watch over the 
interests of the Society, suggesting from time to time such measures as 
they deem conducive to its prosperity, and shall report to the Society 
at the annual meeting. 

They shall appoint a Delegate at Large, and such 
delegates, ^ other Delegates as the Society may be entitled to by the 
Constitution of the National Society. 

They shall have power to fill any vacancy occurring 
Vacancies in or existing in the Society or Board of Managers, and an 
Office, S ^ officer so appointed shall act until the following annual 
election, or until his successor shall be chosen. 

19. The Board of Managers shall judge of the eligi- 
Election of .^ bility of applicants for membership in the Society, and 
cMembers, ^ elect them if deemed worthy. Two negative votes shall 

reject any applicant. Each member of the Board shall 
be notified of all proposed elections to membership, and may send his 
vote thereon in writing to the Secretary. 

They shall be competent to consent to and to accept the resignation 
or voluntary withdrawal from membership or transfer of any enrolled 
member of the Society. 

They shall have power to suspend or expel any 
Suspension or member of the Society for sufficient cause, by a vote of 
Expulsion, J^ two-thirds of the members of the Board present at any 
regular or special meeting; provided, that at least two 
weeks' notice of such proposed action shall have been given to such 
member by notice mailed to him at his last known address. A member 
so suspended or expelled shall have the right of appeal to the Society 
from the action of the Board of Managers. 

, 20. The Board of Managers shall meet as often as 

^^^^T^M ^^^^ desire, or at the call of the President, or upon the 

' ^T ' ^ written request of any three members of the Board. 
Quorum S ^ ^^^^ members of the Board shall be a quorum for 

the transaction of business. 



OF THE American Revolution. :!■'> 

They shall, through the Secretary, call special meet- SpecUl Meet- 
ings of the Society at any time upon the written request ings of Society 
of lafteeii members of the Society, and at such other 
times and places as they themselves may see fit, and they may arranj^^e 
for commemorative celebrations and for the annual meeting of llie 
Society. 

They shall, at least one month before the annual Auditing Corn- 
meeting of the Society appoint slu Auditing Commiltee tnitiee. .^ ^ 
of three, who shall examine and audit the books and ac- 
counts of the Treasurer and Secretary, and report therton at said annual 
meeting. 

21. The Board of Managers shall supervise all pub- Publications. 
lications issued in the name of the Society. They shall 

also perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Constilutioji 
or By-Laws, or required by any resolve or standing regulation of the 
Society. 

22. The receipts each year from admission fees and Income — Ho'w 
annual dues shall be devoted by the Board of Managers Expended. -J* 
to the following objects and no other, viz.: 

1. Payment of the annual dues to the National Society. 

2, Payment of current expenses. 

ii. Publication of such documents as may be deemed advisable. 

4. Payment of such special expenses as may be authorized bytlie 

Board of Managers or Society. 

All receipts from life membership shall be set aside and inve.sted 

under the direction of the Board of Managers as a permanent fund, of 

which onlj' the income may be used for payment of ordinary expenses. 

22. At all annual meetings of this Society, the fol- 
lowing order of business shall be observed, viz.: Order of Busi- 

1. Opening exercises. ness. .J* -J* i^ 

2. Calling roll of officers and members. 

3. Reading minutes of last meeting. 

4. Reports of officers: President, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, 

Historian, Board of Managers; other official reports. 

5. Reports of committees, 
fi. Unfinished business. 

7. Election and installation of Officers and Board of Managers. 

8. New business. 

9. Final adjournment. 

24. The ayes and nays shall be called at any meet- AysandN^ys. 
ing of the Society upon the demand of three members. 

At all meetings of the Society nine members shall Quorum. ■J>i 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

25. No question involving the party politics of the 'Politics, v^ v>5 
day within the United States shall ever be discussed or 



20 Nebraska Society of the Sons 

considered in any meeting of the Society. 

2G. Ten or more members of this Society resident 
Local Chap- in any county or locality in this state as may be approved 
ters, ,^ ^ Jt by the Board of Managers, may form themselves into a 
Chapter to be called by such name as said members may 
assume. A charter may be granted to such Chapter by the Board of 
Managers, of such form as the Board may provide, upon an application 
made in writing by ten or more members of the Society, slating the 
name to be assumed, the location and the names and residences of its 
proposed members. Such Chapter may enact such By-Laws and Regu- 
lations as will not conflict with the rules and requirements of the 
National Society or of this Society, and it may be required to pay a per 
capita tax to this Society. 

No person may be admitted to such Chapter unless he be a member 
in good standing of this Society. If any member of such Chapter should 
cease to be a member of the Nebraska Society his membership in the 
('hapter shall cease. 

Local Chapters shall be known as The Chapter of the Nebraska 

Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, No. . 

27. The Seal of the Society shall be the same as the 
Seal, ^ ^ ^ seal of the National Society S. A. R., except the lettering 
which shall be as follows: 

{Outer Circle) — National Society of the Sons of the American Revo- 
lution, Organized April 30, 1889. 

{Inner Circle)— Nebraska Society S. A. R. Organized April 26, 1890. 
Insiania Jt -at ^^- '^^^ insignia of this Society shall be the same 

as that of the National Society. 
Amendments ^^' ^^^^^ By-Laws may be altered, amended or 

repealed in the manner hereinbefore provided for chang- 
ing the Constitution of this Society. 



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